Monday, August 8, 2016

It is a good
day to write if I can just get my head around it. I been avoiding my
manuscript! Perhaps I am afraid that my book will bomb but I will never know
unless I finish it will I? It is time to change my attitude and my time
management. Making a new schedule for writing is the first thing I need to do.
Stick with it every day and voila, I will finish it. I am retired and have the
time. Unfortunately, I always find a different project to do, more physical than
sitting at the computer. The sun is peeking out and it will be a very warm day.

My 81st
Birthday was July 15, and my daughter Heidi was here one day before my
Birthday. Heidi took me for a facial which was fun, even though I am not fond
of facials.

Bill,
Heidi’s husband came on my Birthday so did Rod and of course Neal. We had a
great time. Chinese was on the menu at the 8 Dragon Restaurant and it was good.
Saturday morning Heidi and Rod made breakfast. Then, Bill, Rod and Neal left.
Heidi and I went shopping and Heidi left for Santa Cruz on Sunday Morning.

I feel
blessed. My other children and grandchildren called. My home was filled with
flowers from my children and friends. Cards galore, I really do like my
birthday, ha, ha.

Weekends are
strange when I am alone, I really do not know why but they seem more lonely,
even though I am alone most of the time. I also have not been very social for
the last couple of years, not healthy they tell me!

Slowly but
steadily I am evolving again and will entertain more and also travel some. Las
Vegas and Boise are on my bucket list and I hope one of my children will travel
with me in the next year or two. I feel bad that I disappointed Walter for not being
in Boise for his Birthday which was in April.

Heidi had a
Birthday July 28 (she’s past 40 years old), oh boy no wonder I feel so old some
of the time.

Neal had a
Birthday on August 1 (he’s past 50 years old).

July ended
with a sad note. Kurt passed on 17 years ago on July 29. August also has sadness
my husband Marc my children’s father passed on 40 years ago on August 23.

As for a
favorite recipe that all my children and Marc loved is in my blog: The
California Adventure 1982-1996 I believe it is blog number four.

About Me

I inherited the dining bug from my father, who ran successful dinner clubs in Germany, my native country. My forty plus years of experience in the food service industry include experience as chef, restaurant and private club general manager, and director of food & beverage for hotels. My first major success as a food service professional came with the establishment and the subsequent phenomenal popularity of Annie’s Firehouse Soup Kitchen Restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut.
Other establishments I have worked with include The Graduate Club, in New Haven, Connecticut; the Four Seasons Hotel, Le Premier Restaurant, & Radisson Plaza Hotel, Newport Beach, Dream Inn Hotel, Santa Cruz, Los Gatos Lodge, Los Gatos, Felix & Louis, Healdsburg, all in California; Village Latch Inn, South Hampton, New York; and the Radisson Hotel in Osprey, Florida.
Corporate clients include Conde Nast, Yale University, and Irvine Ranch Farmer’s Market among many others.
Television credits include cooking demonstrations in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City. I have also been featured in the food section of many papers.